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and this book is about the 1952 election and the context of the election, and kevin matson will tell us about it but there's a nice tradition in politics and prose of having wonderful stuff the night before the election. we were talking 12 years ago was the discussion of arguing the world which was the discussion with daniel bell or crystal irving, four years ago we had a new york review book and some of the contributors, jonathan friedman and others were talking about the problems whoever the new president was likely to face and anticipating an obama when that night there was precedence about the use of the filibuster to block consideration of a things so tonight we will get some historic perspective. i have had the good fortune to read a lot of kevin matson's book that he is a wonderful historian of postwar liberalism. he tells it in ways that are very perceptive. he avoids fashionable trends to make sure he gets underneath fans. he is not a revisionist. and he writes about other periods as well including participatory democracy and the progressive era and upton sinclair, many of y
and this book is about the 1952 election and the context of the election, and kevin matson will tell us about it but there's a nice tradition in politics and prose of having wonderful stuff the night before the election. we were talking 12 years ago was the discussion of arguing the world which was the discussion with daniel bell or crystal irving, four years ago we had a new york review book and some of the contributors, jonathan friedman and others were talking about the problems whoever the...
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there is no elective office. and in fact he wasn't elected president. so we have the president of the united states who was responsible for figuring out how to solve the problems who has not offered a single serious cost-cutting measure. tell me what you think barack obama is going to do to say i need a yes vote on this. he's gotten as worried about whether grover norquist now defines the republican party. because as we all know, if we are not worthy of the news media respect we are a party that will disappear. listen to the tone of the language when you watch the morning show or even fox and friends or this whole schtick. grover did something very important. he came up with the idea of the new tax increase pledge as a way of drawing the line in the sand and let me be clear about my background in the tax increases under ronald reagan i voted against the tax increase of george h. w. bush that it was a disaster, fundamental mistake coming and when we balanced the budget for four straight years, we did it by cutting taxes to accelerate economic growth. so
there is no elective office. and in fact he wasn't elected president. so we have the president of the united states who was responsible for figuring out how to solve the problems who has not offered a single serious cost-cutting measure. tell me what you think barack obama is going to do to say i need a yes vote on this. he's gotten as worried about whether grover norquist now defines the republican party. because as we all know, if we are not worthy of the news media respect we are a party...
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do you see anything out domestic in the present election cycle? >> the gentleman standing up. >> to pick up -- tom rausch at the nrdc. rio last june had 50,000 people people -- 50,000 excited working together. there is a presence which was totally useless. so there is a grassroots. as aggressors in this country. this in butler county, southwest pennsylvania simulate upset people that are getting cancers and light the water on fire and so forth. the grassroots can not be given enough emphasis. i wonder what she'd think about that because it feels that a solution of sorts, and energy and force that needs to be exploited. for example, communication. one of the things that i listened people communicating all over the globe and somehow that's going to continue. >> gentleman in the red shirt. i [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> points back to christopher with nrdc. going back to the international commencement, we've seen it's not just u.s. capitalist models in the last couple years the rise of state capitalism in china and russia and a
do you see anything out domestic in the present election cycle? >> the gentleman standing up. >> to pick up -- tom rausch at the nrdc. rio last june had 50,000 people people -- 50,000 excited working together. there is a presence which was totally useless. so there is a grassroots. as aggressors in this country. this in butler county, southwest pennsylvania simulate upset people that are getting cancers and light the water on fire and so forth. the grassroots can not be given enough...
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we have seen not in the last election. they simply could not believe the public polls, what they were saying that obama was probably going to win and most democratic senate candidates are going to win. they were shellshocked in their own works. if they cannot accept empirical reality, they're going to be in big trouble and the succeeding elections. speenine democrats became useless? did not well, they became useless in the party of me too, but less after three successive losses in presidential elections in the 80s. they kind of retooled and became more corporate friendly. many people think i happen to be one of them, for all that obama has excoriated as this kind of kenyan observer, who is a muslim and socialist that he is pretty much fulfilled george bush's third term in national security matters. >> finally, how does the middle class figure into your thesis? >> the middle-class figures then and they're the ones who got shafted because there was a bipartisan move. clinton was president. the republicans mainly were running
we have seen not in the last election. they simply could not believe the public polls, what they were saying that obama was probably going to win and most democratic senate candidates are going to win. they were shellshocked in their own works. if they cannot accept empirical reality, they're going to be in big trouble and the succeeding elections. speenine democrats became useless? did not well, they became useless in the party of me too, but less after three successive losses in presidential...
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representation and articulation of goals to an elected -- elected -- a transitional government and then an elected government, both on the national and the local level, and that's -- you don't see that elsewhere, at least not in that striking as a fashion. in the rest of the book, i talk about the personality of gadhafi, what motivated him, and people argue that the personalities of the dictators themselves don't matter. in the case of libya, that's not quite true. gadhafi was a mercurial, i believe a quite intelligent person who had certain fixations and -- i'll try to be diplomatic here because -- [laughter] there's a lot of strangeness there that motivated his behavior in ways which i think were so bizarre that many of the people who are looking at this from the u.s. policy side -- felt, in a way, they were accustomed to the way of thinking about things, and that posed problems when you try to anticipate what he was going to do or respond to him. for example, you know, after the 1986 bombing in benghazi and tripoli, gadhafi was rumored to have gone into a tremendous funk for a period
representation and articulation of goals to an elected -- elected -- a transitional government and then an elected government, both on the national and the local level, and that's -- you don't see that elsewhere, at least not in that striking as a fashion. in the rest of the book, i talk about the personality of gadhafi, what motivated him, and people argue that the personalities of the dictators themselves don't matter. in the case of libya, that's not quite true. gadhafi was a mercurial, i...
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after election after election. his father believed that catholic, irish catholic politicians she was a clown, they were wild, they were rabble-rousers', they were the worst kind of populist, joe kennedy's father was not. and one of the reasons why joe himself didn't enter politics was that he was totally fed up with his irish catholic what he had seen as the posturing to the people on the an irish catholic to look for you said mary and they look after their own pockets. >> any comments on the story with his daughter rosemary so that she wouldn't embarrass them from becoming president? >> yes. i did an awful lot of research and i found all sorts of stuff. you can blame kennedy for lots of stuff. he loved that child. when he moved all the other children backed to the united states when the french and when germany and world war ii began he kept rosemary with him in england because she was doing well at the school and looked after her you read the letters and you love this child. everybody knew she was slow but that wa
after election after election. his father believed that catholic, irish catholic politicians she was a clown, they were wild, they were rabble-rousers', they were the worst kind of populist, joe kennedy's father was not. and one of the reasons why joe himself didn't enter politics was that he was totally fed up with his irish catholic what he had seen as the posturing to the people on the an irish catholic to look for you said mary and they look after their own pockets. >> any comments on...
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i felt the same way about election. i know, four years ago i spoke to probably 1,000 i was a vice president nominee hundreds of small business people. i would say normally you think of small business people being overwhelmingly conservative. four years ago half the people i spoke to who owned small business said i'm willing to give obama a chance. i made a prediction that obama would win the election. he it. four years later, if i at least 1,000 small business people in constant contact with me, not one of them is supporting obama. not one, i have yet to find a small business person in the united states of america who thinks obama is doing a good job. i'm predicting and have for the last month that romney land landslide. i'm one of the few people. and i think it will be the same reason how can any human being with a brain walk to the voting booth on november 6th and not asking the following question. number one, am i better off four years ago. number two, could we take chance on four more years of this guy, barack obama
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he founds a reformed movement, an elected member of the prudential assembly. in quite early on in the regime, she empowers the security forces in the city, and under operation clean up to, quote, clean up the city, and what that means, really is it means whatever the security forces would like it to mean. in the two-year period it's in effect, some 3,000 men are murdered, and in what we call police encounters, which is, you know, a flagrant abuse of language because encounter is what happens when you run into a friend on the road or a book you thought you lost. these are murders. her, herself, and the government not only condone, celebrate, but allow the murders to take place. when my father is killedded, he is one of thousands. the police now have set up squads. they have assassination squads, torture squads. the city is on fire. he's coming home at night from a public meeting he's addressed on the outskirts of the city, and as he reaches cliffton road, the cars, there's 70-100 policemen on the road that night. some of them are in positions in the trees. the
he founds a reformed movement, an elected member of the prudential assembly. in quite early on in the regime, she empowers the security forces in the city, and under operation clean up to, quote, clean up the city, and what that means, really is it means whatever the security forces would like it to mean. in the two-year period it's in effect, some 3,000 men are murdered, and in what we call police encounters, which is, you know, a flagrant abuse of language because encounter is what happens...
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booktv will feature several of these lists focusing on nonfiction elections. these nonfiction titles were included in the new york times 100 notable books of 2012. and barack obama:the story david maraniss, associate editor of the washington post present a history of president barack obama's family. charles murray of the american enterprise institute argues a growing divide between the upper and lower class goes beyond economics differences in coming apart:the state of white america 1960-2010. in victory, the triumphant game revolution, linda hirschman presenting history of the gay-rights movement. david nassau chronicles the life and career of the father of the kennedy political dynasty in the patriarch, remarkable life and turbulent times of joseph kennedy. history professor at duke university examined haiti from its founding to today in haiti:the aftershock of history. for an extended list of links to publications, 2012 notable books election visit booktv website booktv.org or our facebook page facebook.com/booktv. >> next, norman finkelstein argues the sup
booktv will feature several of these lists focusing on nonfiction elections. these nonfiction titles were included in the new york times 100 notable books of 2012. and barack obama:the story david maraniss, associate editor of the washington post present a history of president barack obama's family. charles murray of the american enterprise institute argues a growing divide between the upper and lower class goes beyond economics differences in coming apart:the state of white america 1960-2010....
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and campaigning and elections make for uncompromising line sets. you stand on your principles to mobilize your base, draw in endless amounts now of money. the 24 / seven news cycle covers politics as if it is a horse race in the horses are on steroids in this terrorist of the money is coming in to fund the campaign. so what we mean by the uncompromising mindset is a mindset that is geared toward elections and not toward governing. >> you right in this by you and your co-authored, as we observe the changing scene in american politics we came to believe that the general problem could be addressed by concentrating on a particular institution, the united states congress. >> well, if you wanted the problem with the uncompromising mine says, look no further than the congress, the 100th of congress in washington. gridlock, nothing gets passed. the least of legislation and the last 50 years. why? because everybody is campaigning all the time. there is very little by way of relationships across the aisle. and we went out to the brink of the debt ceiling cri
and campaigning and elections make for uncompromising line sets. you stand on your principles to mobilize your base, draw in endless amounts now of money. the 24 / seven news cycle covers politics as if it is a horse race in the horses are on steroids in this terrorist of the money is coming in to fund the campaign. so what we mean by the uncompromising mindset is a mindset that is geared toward elections and not toward governing. >> you right in this by you and your co-authored, as we...
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they're walking around in the room i elected to do injustice. i'm not trained as a raider. i'm trained as an artist. it is difficult to me. usually a thousand page book. the hard part is cutting it down again. a leech you the rest of this opening. as of this done the day before christmas 1849, broderick thought is terrible thought. the ex-firefighter's spot outside come to light. here's the calling of ducks through the deep mud to force a square. three sides are taken up by the devil. the inflammable canvas roofs, muslim floors and walls. they were silent. only on the upper side of your square had got taken a small toehold for the reverend preached in thunder and with the transgressor is hard. a great calamity with surly to be father great tinderbox cause san francisco. reverend taylor was fairly wrong. the building materials all combustible to his friends back east. no water except in very deep wells. available where it might be required. if and not enough to make a very prudent man tremble? this resident warned that fire once begun at the windward side would be certain to
they're walking around in the room i elected to do injustice. i'm not trained as a raider. i'm trained as an artist. it is difficult to me. usually a thousand page book. the hard part is cutting it down again. a leech you the rest of this opening. as of this done the day before christmas 1849, broderick thought is terrible thought. the ex-firefighter's spot outside come to light. here's the calling of ducks through the deep mud to force a square. three sides are taken up by the devil. the...
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what did the 2012 elections clarify for you? >> that we as republicans need to do something to grow as a party. we are in danger of becoming a dinosaur if we don't figure out what people want out on the west coast, new england, around the great lakes. they are solid blue. until we figure out what people want we are not going to win again as a party. >> what do you think they're one? >> i think they are conservative. it think we should balance our budget, but they also don't think we should be have were everywhere all the time. they want a little more tolerant policy as far as putting people in prison for possession of marijuana. i think it would like to see more local judges take care of that unless present time. i'm not in favor of encouraging people to use marijuana, but i don't think we should be putting people in jail for another. >> this is your second book. we did a long form interview on your first book. you can once that at booktv.org. just put rand paul into the search function. the premise of that first book. >> the fi
what did the 2012 elections clarify for you? >> that we as republicans need to do something to grow as a party. we are in danger of becoming a dinosaur if we don't figure out what people want out on the west coast, new england, around the great lakes. they are solid blue. until we figure out what people want we are not going to win again as a party. >> what do you think they're one? >> i think they are conservative. it think we should balance our budget, but they also don't...
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and the machine went on and on and on, but it was, you, who knows how many elections they still. it was extraordinary. but it was the consolidation of power of the ethnic groups that have been coming into this country. they were all part of this mosaic that came to be this political machine. but by and large it was run by these two guys. an irish man and a connecticut yankee. it's the history of the city in the subtitle, fearless ethnics and political wizards, scoundrels. we still have a lot of those. but it's a different time now. i mean, it's no longer just albany. albany is about five or six pounds all together. it is troy, schenectady, its saratoga. saratoga is only half an hour away. these are great places to live. and to see. there's a lot to see. account is coming back. it's also a great, beautiful town. a really beautiful town. and a lot of people know it now. it doesn't have that reputation anymore people thought it had. >> on a recent visit to albany, new york, with the help of our partner time warner cable, booktv explored the literary and cultural atmosphere of the ci
and the machine went on and on and on, but it was, you, who knows how many elections they still. it was extraordinary. but it was the consolidation of power of the ethnic groups that have been coming into this country. they were all part of this mosaic that came to be this political machine. but by and large it was run by these two guys. an irish man and a connecticut yankee. it's the history of the city in the subtitle, fearless ethnics and political wizards, scoundrels. we still have a lot of...
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we can still have elections. we should give our electoral votes to some responsible party like montana or belgium. so that's one. the other question on to bring out, would anybody, just raise your hand, would anyone like to play for the marlins next year? they need people. they have nobody laughed. show fans. it's good to be back. this is the best book fair in the united states. i am here to talk about two books really. i have a book to talk about. i'm not sure why i'm here. coming out last january, the checks. this january, which you can buy now, in sin city. there both based on reality. and it's is a book arrow to my great guy, one of the original writers for seven at live it probably has the biggest ever seen. not that that is really relevant, but if you were here you would be amazed. we decided to write a book about soccer parents. the genesis. i'm a sucker parent. my daughter plays soccer pitches been playing since u.s. for years old. she doesn't actually touch the ball. kick the ball, y'all that. they don't
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but it was, you know, who knows how many elections they stole, and the graph was extraordinary. but it was, it was the consolidation of power of the ethnic groups that had been coming into this country. they were all part of this mosaic that came to be this political machine. but by and large it was run by these two guys, an irishman and a connecticut yankee. it's the history of the city that's in the subtitle, fearless ethnics, political wizards, underrated scoundrels. we still have a lot of those. and, but it's a different town now. it's, i mean, it's no longer just albany. albany is, it's about five or six towns all put together. it's troy, it's schenectady, it's colony, it's saratoga. saratoga's only half an hour away. and these are great places to live and to see, and there's a lot to see in this town. town is coming back. it's also a great, a beautiful town. it's a really beautiful town. and a lot of people know it now. it doesn't have that reputation anymore that stanford white thought it had. >> albany, new york, is one of the oldest surviving settlements from the origin
but it was, you know, who knows how many elections they stole, and the graph was extraordinary. but it was, it was the consolidation of power of the ethnic groups that had been coming into this country. they were all part of this mosaic that came to be this political machine. but by and large it was run by these two guys, an irishman and a connecticut yankee. it's the history of the city that's in the subtitle, fearless ethnics, political wizards, underrated scoundrels. we still have a lot of...
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of things hsn we want to make sure that serena williams returns to hsn tomorrow with her signature election a week she will feature brand new items including great tops, late teens, and to hand back and she always brings us great in fashions at a great price and you can check out our entire line all day long+ going to hsn.comtype in key word serena williams. [commercial] [commercial] [reading] [♪ music ♪] [♪ music ♪] >>host: i am so excited and i have to be calmed. coming up in 36 minutes, we are going to be sharing, i one of the most exciting deliberate today's specials and this is a quintessential gifthusbands, that some of you want to give her a diamond earrings but you don't want to spend a fortune this is herkimer courts it were in the world can you get a deb guyot design like this there the greatest value i have ever seen in my entire life. it will be very exciting and it is coming up at midnight, you have seen my beautiful female colleagues wearing and everybody was very excited so i do hope you are ready because i do what you and i hope you can get one pair of the normally h
of things hsn we want to make sure that serena williams returns to hsn tomorrow with her signature election a week she will feature brand new items including great tops, late teens, and to hand back and she always brings us great in fashions at a great price and you can check out our entire line all day long+ going to hsn.comtype in key word serena williams. [commercial] [commercial] [reading] [♪ music ♪] [♪ music ♪] >>host: i am so excited and i have to be calmed. coming up in 36...
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eastern a look at nixon and the 1952 election with kevin matteson. his book is just plain dick. then at midnight, robert sullivan describes his journey to retrace the steps of the american revolution. and tomorrow in the light of congress discussing the so-called fiscal cliff, at 2 p.m. eastern booktv highlights a few programs about economics. james gustav, steve forbes and george gilder all weigh in. watch this and more all weekend long on booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> now, from albany, new york, we hear about the state-mandated new york state writer's institute. the program promotes cultural initiatives through author presentations, workshops, film screen things and more -- screenings and more. >> i can see each event just as vividly as i can see the posters before me. i'm donald faulkner, i'm director of the new york state writer's institute, and what we do, what i do is kind of herd intellectual cats. we bring a lot of writers through to albany to do readings, we also do a number of other types of programs, events, writing workshops and film series an
eastern a look at nixon and the 1952 election with kevin matteson. his book is just plain dick. then at midnight, robert sullivan describes his journey to retrace the steps of the american revolution. and tomorrow in the light of congress discussing the so-called fiscal cliff, at 2 p.m. eastern booktv highlights a few programs about economics. james gustav, steve forbes and george gilder all weigh in. watch this and more all weekend long on booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org....
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home under $20.get liver you give them to pass so the end of january it does not wash as well or if elected as we say it does, but we know that it does, it have our hands on it all up date on it and you will swear by bees in the back. he will join the club because we have collector after collector every single year who does collect every single one of these we would love for you to join the family. >>guest: as big as they are they can be throws, comforters, you can throw them on your i your lounge area you can hang them up as a mural on the back of film and you always have a huge base that we are trying to cover up and at our favorite team. night until they hold all with the mayor and you get the trade of there's so many uses for this reason: back to the number one use, and soft, alter flesh, as this of the key factors when you are looking for throws that you can bring to the game the winter months are here the playoff tickets will be and you do have to bring that throws to the games because this will be freezing especially if you are a green bay fan, i'd you are trying to get the home play
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we have, you know, there havetht been elections and we have a ne government and so and a lot of aid that has been promised has not been going out. people have individual effortsro have some ways carried the day, you know, people have pickedw, n themselves up with the best in the best ways they can. it is a question that we have to keep asking and it's something that we have not allow people to forget that for example, hurricane sandy went through haiti and people in the northeast now have a sense what it wase like.ple, imagine something like thaticane going through your neighborhood, your city when you're living in a tent. there's something like 74,000th acre or more of land that hashe been the harvest, you know. more problems ahead that have grown as a result of the earth spooking, if you will, with the hurricane. you have more food insecurity. a number of cholera cases have increased with hurricane sandy. we're dealing and people tend to forget we are -- canceling canceling with urgent and difficult situation in haiti. >> where did "so spoke the earth: the haiti i knew, the haiti i kno
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as you all know we face an election in which one party vowed to repeal even modest gains for equality in health coverage. the fight for health security in the united states is far from over. all other affluent nations agreed long ago that basic health care should be a right of all citizens the u.s. continues to treat medical care as a product purchased in the marketplace. even now the most sweeping reform in our history embodies tension between the rights of the people and the rights of private companies and individuals to profit from the health care system. the three women i described in this talk with the different times in different parts of the country. they didn't know each other and never heard of each other. what all three of them had in common was the belief that ordinary citizens could take the lead in preventing a new vision of what the health care system could be. all three of them felt the affordable care despite its flaws, continuing open end participatory national debate about how the american health-care system can best serve the needs of all the people. thank you for l
as you all know we face an election in which one party vowed to repeal even modest gains for equality in health coverage. the fight for health security in the united states is far from over. all other affluent nations agreed long ago that basic health care should be a right of all citizens the u.s. continues to treat medical care as a product purchased in the marketplace. even now the most sweeping reform in our history embodies tension between the rights of the people and the rights of private...
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. >> again, the november 2012 elections. >> that no one to talk about 2012. and tired of 2012. less talk about the future. 2012 was a very difference. were going to have to figure out a way to appeal to a bitter electorate. >> a year running for president? >> that is classified. your parents is not high enough to your hat. i wouldn't -- want to be part of the national debate. >> government bullies, the second book by senator rand paul, however day americans are being harassed and abused by an imprisoned by the fed's. >> now on book tv a history of the american revolution with the focus on the middle colonies. new york, new jersey, and portions of pennsylvania. the author recalls the importance of the region during the war and visits several sites to document their historical significance and it plans date today. from washington's crossing of the dollar to the battle of brooklyn, it is about an hour and 15. [applause] >> this subtitle of this book is old irishman. it is a great honor to introduce the author and my friend, robert sullivan. i have known to geniuses in my life. one
. >> again, the november 2012 elections. >> that no one to talk about 2012. and tired of 2012. less talk about the future. 2012 was a very difference. were going to have to figure out a way to appeal to a bitter electorate. >> a year running for president? >> that is classified. your parents is not high enough to your hat. i wouldn't -- want to be part of the national debate. >> government bullies, the second book by senator rand paul, however day americans are...
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i think we're going to see the president, because he won the election, being tougher rhetorically about not compromises, although saying that he's open to compromise in order to see how far the republicans are willing to move. >> host: so we are taping this interview in the middle of the so-called fiscalically debate. how do you see january 1st -- how would you like to see january 1st come about? >> guest: well, it is clear that the vast majority of americans, and i'm with the vast majority of americans on this, would like to see a compromise before the end of 2012; otherwise, a lot of bad things will start to happen. it's clear to me -- it's not clear whether there will be one, although both sides stand to lose if there isn't, and that's a good recipe for compromise, but it is clear to me that if there is not a compromise before, it's better sooner than later. >> host: does a president of the university of pennsylvania, does the ceo, does the family member have to compromise on a daily basis? >> guest: absolutely has to compromise, whether on a daily basis, that's -- one doesn't want t
i think we're going to see the president, because he won the election, being tougher rhetorically about not compromises, although saying that he's open to compromise in order to see how far the republicans are willing to move. >> host: so we are taping this interview in the middle of the so-called fiscalically debate. how do you see january 1st -- how would you like to see january 1st come about? >> guest: well, it is clear that the vast majority of americans, and i'm with the vast...
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is here and i didn't listen to my friends and their teams is that about flu flannelet and who is to elect and the ferris may not a tip. i was still peart be in paris and here. --rs >>host: and everybody gets a chance to have fun and it is a playful way to really have a great time. now tim to boa's gone and he is taking over this city and the team. >>host: what is great, there is probably now a lot of new displaced broncos think people are die-hard peyton manning fans have indianapolis' resistance needs to start shopping for broncos scared. >>guest: the broncos are one of the favorites they're ready have a lot of great players come and receivers and when you have peyton manning and someone was playing that good former and cp he may be the-- huge win today and it's been a weak division but they have been able to keep it out. >>host: do get worried that the injury, did you think that they be heard as a legacy for his days were done does everybody start a new season, often crisscross than knowing how it is going to go? >>guest: you watch. manning and the way that he talks about his prior you
is here and i didn't listen to my friends and their teams is that about flu flannelet and who is to elect and the ferris may not a tip. i was still peart be in paris and here. --rs >>host: and everybody gets a chance to have fun and it is a playful way to really have a great time. now tim to boa's gone and he is taking over this city and the team. >>host: what is great, there is probably now a lot of new displaced broncos think people are die-hard peyton manning fans have...
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he can't stand dissent and as a result you could argue that the election of 1800 which is more scandal, more scandalous than any ad we will see tonight during the next seven days or whatever. the two warring parties that he is held down for so long finally go after each other. washington is a different guy in this presidency. he changes, as you say we all do. he leads the army out to pennsylvania to get these guys who are rebellious. they don't want to pay the whiskey tax. hamilton has figured out -- >> its attacks on grain by the way. >> the excess grain that farmers use after they have barely pay their rent, they are in pittsburgh and western pennsylvania, i'll pass carlisle but anyway they are paying rent back to the east on their land and they are barely making any money and all of a sudden they have got this opportunity to make money with it excess grain and so whiskey and then they will be taxed on it. basically there is an argument made by bill hoagland whose book, founding fathers, they are drinking whiskey there at the reading. he writes about this and i used him. basically th
he can't stand dissent and as a result you could argue that the election of 1800 which is more scandal, more scandalous than any ad we will see tonight during the next seven days or whatever. the two warring parties that he is held down for so long finally go after each other. washington is a different guy in this presidency. he changes, as you say we all do. he leads the army out to pennsylvania to get these guys who are rebellious. they don't want to pay the whiskey tax. hamilton has figured...
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in this election season we heard that ron paul talks about the ghost on the back? >> no. that is not on the real agenda. we get along okay. >> but i wrote an essay or a book about gold that i recommend and a new edition has come out. but the gold standard, you really have to stick to it. and who thinks after we went off at somebody will stick through thick and thin? to get on the gold standard technically you have to replace all of the dollar's because the price of gold would have to be enormous. >> as a question from both of you you believe the large-scale all asset purchases are effective? >> they're asking if they are effective. >> i cannot comment on that. with a success of effort of kiwi one, qe2 is just not done effectively but straightforward with the central banking. it goes as far as it can go. there is nothing magic in my view. >> i see qe2 should have been the name of the boat to [laughter] there is nothing more than the open market operation which has been around for the longest time. they have a mortgage securities now the focus is not so much to reserve the
in this election season we heard that ron paul talks about the ghost on the back? >> no. that is not on the real agenda. we get along okay. >> but i wrote an essay or a book about gold that i recommend and a new edition has come out. but the gold standard, you really have to stick to it. and who thinks after we went off at somebody will stick through thick and thin? to get on the gold standard technically you have to replace all of the dollar's because the price of gold would have...
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we want to make sure know serena williams returns to tomorrow with her signature statement election. she will feature brand new items including tops leggings even a great new handbag. --statement selection can check out her entire of www.hsn.com keyword: serenea. [commercial] [commercial] [reading] [♪ music ♪] >>host: nice to have you shopping with us we just had a presentation on the kindle-fire that remains3 you can shop for it. you can go to www.hsn.com or call the toll- 800 number. i this is the perfect companion to go along with the kindle-fire. no matter how popular tablets are there is a certain place in our lives for a computer. computers essentially always will be and continue to be the hub of our homes. tablets are amazing and i love them. but there are some things they just cannot do that simply a computer will do. i get the opportunity to feature for you the best price and the lowest price on the windows 8 laptop ever. we have all heard a little bit about windows-8 and if you have it we will talk to you more about it. windows eight is the latest and in this is the bes
we want to make sure know serena williams returns to tomorrow with her signature statement election. she will feature brand new items including tops leggings even a great new handbag. --statement selection can check out her entire of www.hsn.com keyword: serenea. [commercial] [commercial] [reading] [♪ music ♪] >>host: nice to have you shopping with us we just had a presentation on the kindle-fire that remains3 you can shop for it. you can go to www.hsn.com or call the toll- 800...
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in other words, my thought is this, is it wonderfully okay to raise an election -- to lose an election if you do it based on principle and sticking to the core values that you promised your voters that you would do? >> host: in "breach of trust: how washington turns outsiders into insiders," you write: >> host: do you want to address any of those first three? >> guest: well, let's address the third one first. if you have a transportation bill and they want your vote on the transportation bill, what they'll do is call you up and say where do you want to spend this 40 or 60 or $80 million? so here you as a member of congress can go and politically benefit either your weak areas by saying look at this road i built for your town or this new bridge i put over the water for you all. in other words, i can use the power of the purse to enhance my own standing personally. and when that was offered to me, first of all, i tape recorded it and put it out -- >> host: and that was the tone phone call from the transportation committee, bud schuster was the chair at the time. >> guest: yeah. and i put
in other words, my thought is this, is it wonderfully okay to raise an election -- to lose an election if you do it based on principle and sticking to the core values that you promised your voters that you would do? >> host: in "breach of trust: how washington turns outsiders into insiders," you write: >> host: do you want to address any of those first three? >> guest: well, let's address the third one first. if you have a transportation bill and they want your vote...
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when no solution could be found, britain and france elected to retake the canal by force of arms and enlisted israel's help in that effort. israel sought an alliance of convenience between britain and france and herself and launched this war. >> i want to show on this map here where the lines -- the diagonal lines, one at the bottom is sinai. over here is the gulf of suez. for the audience to look around and see where jordan is located. jordan used to control that area in the middle of israel which is the west bank. then you have syria at the top and lebanon. 1956 war lasted how long? >> well, for the british and french, it lasted about three days. the israelis it continued a little bit longer, about three, four days because israel started it. the invasion of the suez canal occurred on november 3 or 4 and israel launched their attack on the 29th of october. >> who led the country then? >> david was the prime minister. >> where were people like ariel sharon? were they involved? >> ariel sharon was involved in a very controversial action. this gets complicated, right. as part of the de
when no solution could be found, britain and france elected to retake the canal by force of arms and enlisted israel's help in that effort. israel sought an alliance of convenience between britain and france and herself and launched this war. >> i want to show on this map here where the lines -- the diagonal lines, one at the bottom is sinai. over here is the gulf of suez. for the audience to look around and see where jordan is located. jordan used to control that area in the middle of...
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simulant >>guest: if you have a nice to the recall election jewelry collection you can safely clean your watch it will get rid of your perspiration and bill thsure that it is water-resistant first. get into the nooks and crannies. now you can just put that right back on >>host: ordered. anthony sullivan is showing you the holster is a shoulder strap at with all the people in the ordering process this will sell out in both the white and the other red.3 this is your chance to order this with free and it is under $100.you are $25 off the hsn price.the retail value is $150. we will show you the different types of flooring. you pick a hard surface. that are very few cleaners that help to 99 percent of e coli, yeastcausing bacteria. 98%of moldcausing bacterium when held on the surface for 10-20 seconds >>guest: this is the serious machine. it is hard to clean grout. i have it on setting #3 i will live it down to setting #2.i like ceramic tiles it looks good when grout is clean but no matter how well you seal your grout it always tends to get dirty. lookout easily the hot steam breaks down and
simulant >>guest: if you have a nice to the recall election jewelry collection you can safely clean your watch it will get rid of your perspiration and bill thsure that it is water-resistant first. get into the nooks and crannies. now you can just put that right back on >>host: ordered. anthony sullivan is showing you the holster is a shoulder strap at with all the people in the ordering process this will sell out in both the white and the other red.3 this is your chance to order...